Heroin addict swapped horse and cart for stolen car

A homeless heroin addict who swapped his pony and trap for a stolen car has been given a three-year sentence by Judge Frank O’Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Darren Flaherty (aged 27), of no fixed abode, was stopped by gardai driving a black Suzuki car that had been reported stolen from outside the City West Hotel some weeks previously. He pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property on February 22, 2006.